Chapter 70 - SYSTEMATIC DESENSITIZATION (1/2)
Glancing at the time, it was almost midnight. Opening her messaging app, her fingers hovered over her friends' list. There wasn't much. Aside from Eunice and Nicolette, there were three other people.
As she contemplated who to call, she accidentally pressed the video button for a theater actress she met four years ago which turned out, a friend of her friend.
”Hey! Her highness, what's troubling you?” The woman asked upon answering.
”How do you know I'm troubled?” Pressing the switch on the wall, lights flooded the room.
”Midnight. You seldom call unless it's an emergency.” the woman paused. ”I added the witch.”
”It gotta be good for you to disturb me. I just went to bed.” Came an angry snarl from a short-haired woman across the screen.
”The witch is in a terrible mood today but you should ignore her. So tell us, what troubles hath come your way, my dear princess? Tell this prince.” The actress spoke theatrically.
Smiling, Luo Jingyi left her bedroom and went to the kitchen. ”Someone said he likes me.”
”Who would even like someone like you? It's either you're delusional or he must be an alien!”
”Don't be such a bummer, Alexa. Admit that you are just jealous because your love life is stale. The theater actress scolded.
”Me? Jealous? Gosh.” Her laughter vibrated to them even if the other woman was miles away.
Luo Jingyi listened while she heated milk.
”If I were you. I'll like him back. End of story. Curtains down. The writer could relax.”
”Only players like you would think that way.” After saying that, Alexa directed the question to Luo Jingyi. She suddenly became serious. ”How do you feel about this?”
Luo Jingyi let out a long sigh. ”Confused.
”Give me ten minutes.” The theater actress begged someone in the room and they saw on the screen a man's back on his birthday suit, opening the door and going out.
”Gosh, did Luo Jingyi just interrupt something very important?”
The actress tied her black curls into a bun before she defended herself, ”Just because my fiancé broke up with me doesn't mean I don't get to enjoy the pleasures of life.”
”Why don't we start from the beginning?” She prodded, very much interested in Luo Jingyi's love life.
When Luo Jingyi told them she got a fiancé, the actress squealed. ”Fiancé? Good gracious. The gods must have listened to my prayers!”
”Stop roaring! You're going to ruin my eardrums. Getting a fiancé is not a big deal. For all we know, she has a fake relationship to deal with Aunt Alice.”
Luo Jingyi was silent. Alexa was on point as always. She was after all Aunt Alice's niece. Luo Jingyi heard the actress asked, ”No more panic attacks?”
”Hey, are you writing a romance novel? You should call it – I – have – a – panic – disorder – I – fell – in – love – and – the – man – cured – me. That only happens in books.”
”That's awfully long to be a title of a book.” The actress retorted crisply., ”And will you get serious? This is about her being engaged. She made a vow not to be involved with any man. I won't be surprised if she died of old age.”
Luo Jingyi winced, hearing that.